…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 49 J N TERRY KATHRYN MARGOLIS, 66, of Novi, died Oct. 24, 2024. She is survived by her husband, David Margolis; daughter and son-in- law, Breanne and Michael Failor; son and daughter-in-law, Jason and Mara Margolis; grandchil- dren, Elliot, Joshua and Jacob Failor, Levi and Jude Margolis; brother and sister-in-law, David and Laura Cattermole; sister, Anne Cattermole Levy; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Ho...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 5 J N With Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network, you know you are getting the best access in the state. We not only offer the largest network of doctors and hospitals in Michigan, but we also make sure you have access to them wherever you go with resources such as our easy-to-use mobile app and 24-Hour Nurse Line. You deserve to feel your best, and we are always ready to help make sure you do. For...…
…50 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N OBITUARIES OF BLESSED MEMORY B enjamin Korn, 99, of Novi, died Oct. 24, 2024. Anyone who knew Ben Korn would know the answer to this question, “What do you call 12 rabbits in a row walking backwards? … a receding hairline.” He taught us all that a good joke is great, a bad joke is even better. Ben was born just shy of 100 years ago on Nov. 17, 1924, in Detroit. His parents were Philip and Sophie Korn...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 51 J N husband for 58 years of the late Annette Meskin; the devoted son of the late Rose and the late Julius Meskin. Interment was at Clover Hill Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Magen David Adom, 3175 Commercial Ave., Suite 101, Northbrook, IL 60062, afmda. org; or Friendship Circle, 6892 W . Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322, friendshipcircle.org/donate. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel. NOA...…
…52 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N Cemetery in Ferndale. Contributions may be made to the Felicia and Brad Wasserman Teen Scholarship Fund at Camp Tamarack, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital or a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel. c. 2104 HELENE SINGER, 90, former Detroiter of Los Angeles, Calif., died in July of 2024 after a long, full life. She graduated from UCLA, did clothing modeling and then voiceover work for s...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 53 D r. Mark Parr Owens, 85, dedicated husband, father and physician, passed away peacefully in his Sacramento, Calif., home Oct.19, 2024, surrounded by his beloved wife, Ruth Raskin Owens; his four children and four grand- children. Born in Detroit, May 7, 1939, to Lillian and Albert Owens, he was the eldest of three chil- dren: treasured brother to Carol Owens Rosenberg and Dr. Leon Owens. Mark graduated f...…
…54 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at thejewishnews.com Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation I recently had a very nice chat with Don Rudick, the executive director of the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation. We discussed some of the Foundation’s work, especially its signature event, the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame’s annual induction ceremony and ...…
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…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 7 J N Netanyahu had agreed. The White House sent a procession of high- level U.S. officials to Israel — the hibuk, in Hebrew, the bearhug — to help stay its hand. Finally, supremely sensitive American intelligence documents detailing Israel’s preparations for the raid were leaked to a pro-Iranian social media platform. The disclosure, the Israeli press reported, forced the IDF to delay the retaliation’s timing a...…
…8 | NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 J N H illary Glaser of Walled Lake knows all about trying to navigate Jewish and secular activities with her family. She, her hus- band Craig, kids Yoav, 12, Ori, 11, and their foreign exchange student visitor, Dana, 15, have busy sched- ules that constantly require them to reflect on their priorities as they try to fit it all in. She’s had Yoav and Ori attend Hebrew school at Adat Shalom on Sundays, but not always...…
…NOVEMBER 7 • 2024 | 9 J N It’s an issue families around the community face as they attempt to balance Jewish communal and secu- lar responsibilities and interests. Clergy, Jewish professionals and the Jewish com- munity are committed to meeting parents where they are and finding pathways to Jewish pride, joy and responsibility that are sincere and authentic, he emphasized. But fitting that into family life in 2024 takes lots of adapta...…
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…Southfield, MI — October 25, 2023 A lright, I’m going to explain why the Yeshiva is so important to me and why it has a cer- tain touch in my heart. I was born in a dis- placed persons camp right after the war in 1947. My parents were survivors, and we came to Detroit and my first school was the Yeshiva. I’ve been involved with the Yeshiva for over 70 years, starting as a child. So that was my first, first school, and it stayed with me....…
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…M others. Daughters. Sisters. Aunts. Grandmothers. Friends. More than 600 women of all ages gathered on the evening of Sunday, Sept. 22, to “bring the community together one braid at a time” at the annual RISE challah bake, sponsored by Partners Detroit in collaboration with more than 20 local Jewish organizations. Joyful music filled the air as the inspiring sold- out event got underway at the Nancy Grosfeld Campus in Oak Park. We u...…
…600 Jewish women, arm in arm, singing together, “Hinei ma tov uma naim…” Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 | 13 J N but went back to rescue people he had just met. After finding them, his car was shot up by Hamas, and they were captured and abducted to Gaza. Einav explained that when Ori was 13, he was critically injured in a serious car accident on his way to his bar mitzvah. She prayed to Hashem for her son to re...…
…O n July 29, the first-ever championship of Partners Detroit’s newly formed ice hockey league took place at the Buffalo Wild Wings Arena in Troy. It was a close game, culminating in a tense overtime shootout. Five nail- biting minutes later, as the crowd cheered, the aptly named Pastrami Penguins scored and ultimately took home the oversized trophy. The winning Pastrami Penguins — Avi Kohn, Daniel Kohn, Dovid Rosenfeld, Eli Seligs...…
…watched the Pastrami Penguins score their way to victory. According to Linkner, one of the highlights was seeing how players improved throughout the season. “One guy, Zvi Hershberg, had never really played before,” said Linkner. “We were all sending him videos on tips and giving him tricks to help him score. On Monday, at the consolation game, while his whole family was there watching, Zvi scored for his first time! He was over the...…
…YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH 16 | NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition J N Forty-one women travel to Israel as part of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah’s Partners Detroit Dembs Mission. Faith Over Fear A shot-out window at Kibbutz Nir Oz PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN SPECTOR ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JUNE 6, 2024 …
…Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 | 17 J N I recently returned from 10 days in Israel as a partic- ipant in the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah’s Partners Detroit Dembs Mission. Named for Ryan Dembs, a Detroit area businessman and philanthropist who passed away suddenly two years ago, and funded in part by his family, the Dembs Mission was composed of 41 exception- al women from across the Metro Detroit area who cam...…
…freshly unfurled beauty. It was almost as if nature was standing up in a way that the people of Nir Oz could not, announcing boldly and defiantly that Am Yisrael Chai, and we will stand vigil until the time when you can finally return home, and the healing process can begin. After several other difficult stops, including the Nova Festival site and a “car graveyard,” our day ended at an army base where 60 young women live, work and tra...…
…Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 | 19 J N L ong before Oct. 7, I wanted to go on the 2024 Yeshivah Beth Yehudah’s Partners Detroit moms’ mission to Israel. After that tragic day, I was less cer- tain. But by February, I felt it was imper- ative to go and do my small part to show support. As nervous as I was, the thing I was most afraid about was telling my 81-year- old mother — figuring her anxiety over my safety...…
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…20 | NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition J N THIS PAGE: Mission participants visit with soldiers at an Israeli army base. I joined a group of young women at their dinner table, and it took a few minutes to figure out how to communicate. Once we got past the initial shyness, smiles spread across their faces, and a few started talking to us in English. They came from all corners of Israel, plus several were Lone Sold...…
…Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 | 21 J N Torahs, the rabbi in charge, a 70-year-old Kohein who served on the front lines during the 1973 Yom Kippur war, shared with pride the work they do to pro- tect the scrolls, many of which get sent in the field with troops. Before we left, he bestowed on us the Priestly Blessing as we all cried once again. The whole experience on the base felt symbolic to me. I left thin...…
…T hree weeks ago, I was one of 41 women who embarked on the Dembs Mission to Israel with Partners Detroit. In a time of global uncertainty for Jews, this mission had a profound impact that none of us could have antici- pated. Any apprehen- sion about traveling to Israel during wartime was overshadowed by the compelling need to be there with our people and share in the collective sorrow for all that has been lost. Ryan Dembs loved...…
…Volunteer Organizations Ryan Dembs was articulate, witty and brilliant, but what truly set him apart was his propensity for action. He walked through life constantly asking how he could help, and he always followed through. In his memory, Partners Detroit participants were able to ask the same question and, more importantly, take the next step toward action. Here are a few of the organizations they were able to visit and help: Jen Ai...…
…Kibbutz Nir Oz, once a peaceful com- munity, was now a haunting landscape of ruined homes, burned to force residents out of their safe rooms. On Oct. 7, one quarter of its residents were murdered and many were kidnapped when terrorists stormed the kibbutz. Our guide insisted that we enter each home and witness the aftermath of the tragedy firsthand. We stepped through broken glass and ducked under fallen beams. We lingered in the home...…
…PHOTOS ROBERT BRUCE PHOTOGRAPHY FROM RIGHT TO LEFT: Angelique Power, President and CEO of the Skillman Foundation; Dr. Nikolai Vitti, Superintendent of Detroit Public Schools Community District; Eric Haley, Associate Superintendent of the Southern District of Detroit Catholic Schools; and Dr. Colleen Allen, President of the Autism Alliance of Michigan. 26 | NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition J N YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH OR...…
…O ver 250 heads of school, superintendents, decision makers and leaders con- vened on March 6 with a common mission: to exchange ideas, share resources and nurture aspirations for the advancement of special education in Michigan. The James Grosfeld Center for Special Education and Support Services, a division of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, hosted this impactful symposium, drawing edu- cational leaders from across the state. With broad at...…
…28 | NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition J N She described her team of 101 dedicated professionals — doctors, special educators, physical speech, behavioral and occupational thera- pists, paraprofessionals, reading and math specialists and social workers. “Together we unite with our pas- sionate, caring, and loving teachers, principals and, most importantly, parents, hand in hand. We collabo- rate to create the best ...…
…Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 | 29 J N hearts. “The attention and love and care are so obvious on the faces of all the students that you’ll see here, and all the teachers make this a very, very special place. The education of every child, especially those whose potential might not be obvious, is an obligation that we all share. There’s much to be passionate about in supporting our children and in supporting ...…
…10 6 Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 | 3 J N 1942 - 2024 Covering and Connecting Jewish Detroit Every Week To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.thejewishnews.com The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Thursday at 32255 Northwestern Highway, #205, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional maili...…
…30 | NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition J N attended the conference. He and his business partner, Yitz Miller, have been working together for about the last six months to build their compa- ny. “We were both interested in what the Yeshiva is doing as well as con- necting with some folks to let them know about our program and seeing how we can continue to support the work that the Yeshiva is doing,” Santus said. “Th...…
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…A little bit of light repels a lot of darkness (Duties of the Heart, Chapter 5) During this time of global turmoil, darkness and challenge, attending the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah’s Evening of Unity provided the light and warmth so many have been seeking. Standing shoulder to shoulder, a broad and diverse cross section of the greater Detroit community graced the Renaissance Ballroom and dais of the Detroit Marriott, uplifting the sellout c...…
…will reflect all that is good and noble and godly. “We have never been more aware of the need to fill our world with true goodness, with the beauty, the kindness and the healing power that resides in every human soul, ” said Rabbi Miller, “and we are, therefore, so extremely grateful to every one of you who has joined us for this evening of unity. ” Yeshiva President Gary Torgow invoked the words of King Solomon that teach us all ho...…
…Looking Back From the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History accessible at thejewishnews.com Y eshiva Beth Yehudah will hold its annual dinner on Nov. 3 this year. The featured speaker will be for- mer United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and prominent Jewish Detroiter Matt Lester, founder and CEO of Princeton Enterprises, will receive the Outstanding Leadership Award. This year’s dinner will also mark...…
…NOV. 3 • 2024 | 35 J N Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 | 35 J N Whitmer. Shapiro spoke about the lasting effects of his Jewish education and his support for Israel and the Jewish people. For the oratorial icing on the cake, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow also made remarks. To name all the featured speakers over the years would take most of my column, but I’ll give ...…
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…WELCOME 4 | NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition J N It is with great pride and deep gratitude that I welcome you to this special edition of The Detroit Jewish News, thoughtfully curated by Executive Director Marni Raitt, Director of Editorial Jackie Headapohl and archivist Mike Smith, to commemorate our Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Annual Dinner. Tonight, we gather as a community bound by shared values — education, compassion...…
…NOV. 3 • 2024 | 5 J N Yeshiva Beth Yehudah through the years... Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 | 5 J N …
…OUR COMMUNITY A s women’s issues — from pay equity to sexual harass Moluptas imincieni utecte cullatem volor minus apis et earum enim invel earum et et que modit reic tium earum ratque vollorunt labo. Ut repello ratur, optat. vollo- runt Obissitiorum natioreius nosanih illatet uritis etur? Luptius nonse qui des maioEt debis eium excerum laut vent as et laut dit porestrum, et plabo rpo- runt as eatquaepelit pro bearum, a volorpos es...…
…NOV. 3 • 2024 | 7 J N members? The tangible accouterments are real. A beautifully decorated venue, great food, open bars, a short pro- gram and the highlight of the eve- ning — an uplifting and adorable boys school choir. But the intangi- ble is what creates the magic. The feeling of belonging, of being part of something bigger, something greater, something that will have a lasting impact for generations. The Torah teaches us that we ...…
…8 | NOVEMBER 3 • 2024 Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Special Edition J N table. From our thousands of varied histories, talents, perspectives, and dreams, all of us add our own unique abilities and energies in support of one shared goal. That is unity. And that is what the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah annual evening of unity means to us. An entire community, varied and different, joining together. Carrying the responsibility of infus- ing another gen...…
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